Liverpool Parade ‘Horror’, EU-US Accelerate Talks, NatWest’s New Era

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) A 53-year-old man has been arrested after a car ploughed into a crowd of people during Liverpool's Premier League victory parade. Merseyside Police said the suspect was white, British and from the Liverpool area. (2) The European Union said it agreed to accelerate negotiations with the US to avoid a transatlantic trade war, signaling a more amicable approach just days after President Donald Trump criticized the bloc for taking advantage of the US and slow-walking talks. (3) President Donald Trump’s erratic policies offer a “prime opportunity” to strengthen the euro’s international role and allow the currency bloc to enjoy more of the privileges so far reserved for the US, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said. (4) NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte confirmed the alliance will seek to adopt a new defense spending target of 5% of GDP at a June summit, meeting a demand by US President Donald Trump that had originally seemed unrealistic. (5) Freed from the clutches of government ownership, NatWest Group Plc is getting ready to chart its own course for the first time in almost two decades. (6) The UK government plans to train 120,000 British builders, engineers and care workers as it tries to curb migration without worsening skill shortages. (7) King Charles III arrived in Canada to open a new parliamentary session at the invitation of Prime Minister Mark Carney, a move designed in part to send a message to US President Donald Trump about the northern country’s sovereignty. Podcast Conversation: Tom Cruise Really Did Get a US Aircraft Carrier for This Mission See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.